All the other versions of the song on this site are in standard tuning but the
actual song is in drop-C tuning, a lot of Chevelle's stuff is.
Drop-C tuning is simply tuning your guitar down a whole step (two frets) and
then tuning the low-E string down another whole step (four frets down from
standard tuning).
high-e
B
G
D
A
Low-E
Tuned down to:
D
A
F
C
G
C
Intro: C# E C# A
Verse (palm-muted): C# E C# A
Chorus: C# E Bm
post-Chorus (seeing red again...): F# A F# D
To play the chords all you do is strum the top three strings (E-A-D or C-G-C),
like power chords, and bar all three strings in the same fret. Like this:
C#:
D[-x-
A[-x-
F[-x-
C[-1-
G[-1-
C[-1-
E:
D[-x-
A[-x-
F[-x-
C[-4-
G[-4-
C[-4-
A:
D[-x-
A[-x-
F[-x-
C[-9-
G[-9-
C[-9-
Bm:
D[-0-
A[-5-
F[-6-
C[-6-
G[-4-
C[-x-
F#:
D[-x-
A[-x-
F[-x-
C[-6-
G[-6-
C[-6-
D:
D[-x-
A[-x-
F[-x-
C[-14-
G[-14-
C[-14-
The D chord can also be played:
D[-0-
A[-9-
F[-9-
C[-9-
G[-7-
C[-x-
However, the high strings make the chord sound weird so it's better to play it
on the 14th fret.